Ernie Els won the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Tournament for the first time in his career on home soil since he turned pro in 1989. The Million Dollar Tournament was played at the Gary Player Country Club Golf Course in Sun City. Els finished the tournament with a remarkable record win of 25-under-par 263, after rounds of 67, 66, 64 and 66. He was ranked in the top five of the official World Golf Rankings and went on to win the cup twice, in 2000 and 2002.
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5 December 1999
Ernie Els wins the Nedbank Golf Tournament
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Wallis, F. 2000. Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02South Africa Info Ernie Els signs up for golf challenge [onlines] Available at: www.southafrica.info [Accessed on 28 November 2013]
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